Career
Waldorf began his music industry career as a student at the University of Georgia, where he was music director of WUOG, the student radio station. After moving to Brooklyn, New York, from Athens in 1998, Waldorf worked at the record store Other Music. In 1999, Waldorf became founding label manager of independent record label Misra.
As the public face of the label, which was under other ownership, he headed its operations and A&R until 2006.
Waldorf moved the label from Brooklyn to Austin, Texas, in 2003, where in 2005 he also began to book live music part-time at the rock club Emo"son